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Chard or Swiss chard (/ tʃ ɑːr d / ⓘ; Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Cicla Group and Flavescens Group) is a green leafy vegetable. In the cultivars of the Flavescens Group, the leaf stalks are large and often prepared separately from the leaf blade; [1] the Cicla Group is the leafy spinach beet. The leaf blade can be green or reddish; the ...
Flavescens Group, [12] swiss chard (Syn. B. v. subsp. v. convar. cicla. var. flavescens) [13] - Chard leaves have thick and fleshy midribs. Both the midribs and the leaf blades are used as vegetables, often in separate dishes. Some cultivars are also grown ornamentally for their coloured midribs. The thickened midribs are thought to have arisen ...
The name "betalain" comes from the Latin name of the common beet (Beta vulgaris), from which betalains were first extracted.The deep red color of beets, bougainvillea, amaranth, and many cacti results from the presence of betalain pigments. [2]
It is a popular leaf vegetable in some regional Mexican and other Central American cuisines, used similarly to cooked Swiss chard or spinach. White, typically unremarkable flowers are borne of a terminal panicle held high above the foliage, superficially resembling the small flowering bracts of similar plants like poinsettia or crown-of-thorns .
Chard is a leaf vegetable. Chard may also refer to: Chardonnay or Chard, a grape variety or a varietal wine made from the Chardonnay grape; Chard (name) Chard, Alberta an alternative name for a hamlet of Janvier South, in Canada; Chard, Creuse, a commune of Creuse, France; Chard, Somerset, a town in England Chard RFC, an English rugby union team
In rural Greece, it is used with spinach, leeks, and chard in spanakopita. "Escalope de saumon à l'oseille" (salmon escalope in sorrel sauce), invented in 1962 by the Troisgros brothers, is an emblematic dish of French nouvelle cuisine. [8] [9] French cuisine traditionally cooks fish with sorrel because its acidity dissolves thin fish bones. [10]
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Swiss cheese plant may refer to: Monstera deliciosa , a species of flowering plant native to tropical forests of southern Mexico , south to Panama Monstera adansonii , a species of flowering plant widespread across much of South America and Central America